| Czech Braille Slovak Braille | |
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| Script type | alphabet |
Print basis | Czech alphabet |
| Languages | Czech |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Braille
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Czech Braille is thebraille alphabet of theCzech language. Like braille in other Latin-script languages, Czech Braille assigns the 25 basic Latin letters (not including "W") the same asLouis Braille's original assignments for French.
With the exception ofw, Czech follows international norms for the basic letters of the alphabet.
 a, 1 |  á |  b, 2 |  c, 3 |  č |  d, 4 |  ď |  e, 5 |  é |  ě |  f, 6 |  g, 7 |
 h, 8 |  i, 9 |  í |  j, 0 |  k |  l |  m |  n |  ň |  o |  ó |  p,% |
 q |  r,‰ |  ř |  s |  š |  t |  ť |  u |  ú,§ |  ů |  v |  w |
 x |  y |  ý |  z |  ž |  |  . |  , |  : |  ; |  -or− |  + |
 / |  ? |  ! |  " |  ( |  ) |  * |  ’ |  | |  (Cap) |  (CAPS) |  (l.c.) |
For letters with diacritics, there are two common strategies: (1) a dot 6 may be added(á, č, ď), or (2) the letter is reversed(ň, ó, ř, š, ť, ú, ý, ž). The Czech braille letterř is the international form forw, sow has been assigned an idiosyncratic form, which is the reverse ofů.Í is a stretchedi.É andě are not derived frome, but are the reverse of each other.
a | c | d | e | i | n | o | r | s | t | u | v | y | z | |||
á | č | ď | é | ě | í | ň | ó | ř | š | ť | ú | ů | w | ý | ž | |
The numerical prefix,⠼, derives the second options in the table (the digits, %, ‰, §).⠠ indicates a capital letter,⠰ that a word is in all caps, and⠐ indicates lower case. There are also prefixes for small and capital Greek letters,⠘ and⠨.
Slovak Braille is similar.Ô is equivalent to Czech Brailleů, and it does not have the lettersě orř. In addition, there are four letters not found in Czech Braille:[1]
ä |  ĺ | ľ | ŕ |